SkyfallAlways felt divided on this one. Everybody loves it, so I figured I would love it but I don't. I certainly don't hate it though. I just think it has its flaws. First of all, it feels too long. By the point where M and Bond go off their own, I've pretty much checked out.
I don't need to go back to Bond's childhood home and play home alone. I respect everybody that likes this part, but its just not for me. And yes its a deep and powerful moment, but I just don't want to watch M die.
And then there's Mallory who comes off as a stuffy dickhead and that's not what I want out of an M. Everytime he's on screen I feel like I've been sent to the principal's office and I'm not into it.
People have made the Joker, Dark Knight comparison. I never really thought of that, but I can see why people say it. My actual gripe was that things just work out too conveniently for Silva. There's a lot of convenience in general in this film. Like it was really convenient that they fork lift crane on the Train in the beginning just happened to have keys in it and that Bond can survive that mental fall off the bridge, with a gunshot in him as a well.
Ok, I've bitched enough, on to the stuff I love about the movie. Bardem as Silva is awesome and I think might be a top 3 villain for me out of the whole series. I just love him.
Love the Adele song and I absolutely love the cinematography. The film is sleek, beautiful and breathtaking in many shots.
So overall, I think there's a really decent movie in here, but its muddied by some of the criticisms mentioned prior.
SPECTRE There's only 2 Bond films that I outright hate. Die another day and this one.
God where do I even start. First of all, Its soooooo boring....
The plot just sputters along, seemingly directionless. The chase scenes are like taking Ambien.
Mr. JINX is a real poor man's Jaws. And even though Jaws also didn't talk, his non verbal communication said it all. The SPECTRE organization has cult like vibes here and yeah, never really got that impression from the originals.
It takes true talent to make Christoph Waltz boring, but my god did they do it here. I don't even know what to say. This portrayal of Blofeld is so bizarrely off and shitty.
I am the author of your pain... No your not, you are a half baked joke of a villain that was shoe horned in and never set up at all. Yeah, it sucks they didn't have the SPECTRE rights, but to swerve after 3 movies and be like "yeah it was SPECTRE all along" is dumb. They should have saved SPECTRE for the next bond actor's movies and do it right from the start, because this is a mess.
Always hated that they are now brothers for some reason. Was thrown in there randomly, also with no build up and added nothing really besides just another point of criticism.
Bond's escape from the desert base is hilarious, he just runs in a strait line completely exposed and god mode just shoots like 50 guys. Get real.
A lot of people don't like the opening song. It doesn't really bother me, but It a real tragedy that Radiohead song SPECTRE was rejected. Its my favorite Bond song of all of them and it wasn't even used
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I was so ready to love SPECTRE, but I walked out the theater so disappointed.
But I'll end on a positive note. The opening day of the dead sequence may be my favorite opening of any James Bond film. Just love it.